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Northern Strike 18

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Exercise Northern Strike is a military readiness event hosted annually at Michigan National Guard facilities. With approximately 5,000 participating Marines, Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors, Northern Strike is one of the largest reserve component exercises supported by the U.S. military. The mission is to exercise participating units’ full-spectrum of capabilities through realistic, cost-effective joint fires training in an adaptable environment, with an emphasis on joint and coalition force cooperation.

 

 

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MFR King of the Ring tournament
Marines with Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans get into a tie up during the knife fighting portion of the Marine Forces Reserve King of the Ring tournament, resulting in a tackle with ground hand-to-hand combat during the final seconds of their competition, Nov. 30, 2018. Marine Corps mixed martial arts prepares Marines to quickly take appropriate action whether it be offensively or defensively at any given moment. The MFR King of the Ring tournament is a competition that involves knife fighting, grappling and baton fighting. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dante J. Fries)
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Marines of 3/25 tackle Exercise Northern Strike 18
The hot Michigan sun is high in the sky as a Marine lays flat against the dry sand looking through his rifle optic at the battle space spread out in-front of him. Beside him, his fellow Marine fills...